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{{Seealso|Class-5 Bumblebee}} | |||
{{Ship class infobox | {{Ship class infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Bumblebee.png|350px]] | |image=[[File:Bumblebee.png|350px]] | ||
|name=SKT-9 Bumblebee | |name=SKT-9 Bumblebee | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer= | ||
|line= | |line= | ||
|model= | |model= | ||
|class= | |class=Escape pod | ||
|length= | |length=10.6 meters (34.6 feet){{Ref/Reuse|library}} | ||
|width= | |width=5.2 meters (17.2 feet){{Ref/Reuse|library}} (9.3 meters with air brakes deployed)<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 250''</ref> | ||
|height=4.0 meters (13.3 feet) (9.0 meters with air brakes deployed) | |||
|mass= | |||
|height= | |||
|mass= | |||
|max accel= | |max accel= | ||
|max speed space= | |max speed space=1,041 kilometers per hour | ||
|max speed air= | |max speed air=173.5 kilometers per hour | ||
|engine= | |engine= | ||
|slipspace drive=None | |slipspace drive=None | ||
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|armament= | |armament= | ||
|complement= | |complement= | ||
|crew= | |crew=One pilot + 8 passengers | ||
|skeleton= | |skeleton= | ||
|capacity= | |capacity= | ||
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|othersystems= | |othersystems= | ||
|firstuse= | |firstuse= | ||
|role= | |role=Evacuation of persons from disabled ships | ||
|era= | |era= | ||
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''SKT-9 Bumblebee''', | The '''SKT-9 Bumblebee''',<ref name="Warfleet">'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''p. 30''</ref> formally known as the '''Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled'''<ref name="library">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]: Bumblebee''</ref> is a variant of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] escape pod commonly known as the Bumblebee.<ref>[[Bungie Weekly Update/04-13-01|'''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update of 04-13-01'']]</ref><ref name="envoy">'''Halo: Envoy'''</ref> It is a sixth-generation lifeboat, and features a pilot-operated guiding system similar to that of [[SKT-13 shuttlecraft|SKT-13]] and [[SKT-21 shuttlecraft|SKT-21]] shuttlecrafts.{{Ref/Reuse|library}} | ||
Class-3 lifeboats are typically found on UNSC [[cruiser]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|library}} which carry several sets of them, stationed at designated [[airlock]]s. Like [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[phonetic alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number. This Bumblebee can hold up to nine people (including the pilot) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ??''</ref> | |||
==Specifications== | |||
The SKT-9 was designed to ferry up to nine people at a time. It has one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep people from injury when crash-landing. Though they are noted as being one of the safer methods of UNSC ship evacuation,{{Ref/Reuse|library}} the effectiveness of the safety features on this Bumblebee vary greatly, as can their reliability. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], some of these Bumblebees landed without any injuries to their passengers, while others suffered catastrophic failures while in mid-air, resulting in the deaths of most or all aboard upon impact. | |||
SKT-9 Bumblebees are heavily armored, and feature thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent.{{Ref/Reuse|library}} They have little in the way of maneuverability, as they are not intended for extended atmospheric use; [[Jacob Keyes]] noted that a Bumblebee lifepod "flew like a rock".<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 55''</ref> Normally after a landing, the pod can never be used again, as the pods will most likely suffer a great amount of damage, including the air brakes breaking off before or during the impact. | |||
Though the Bumblebee has a pilot control station, by default it uses a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1195356027878699008 ''Halo on Twitter'':] ''The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a heavy lifeboat that can hold up to eight passengers and has a pilot control station, though by default it uses a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel. #FictionFriday''</ref> | |||
==Operational History== | |||
The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried eighteen of these Bumblebees. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during the Battle of Installation 04 on [[2552#September|September 19, 2552]].<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''</ref> Several SKT-9 Bumblebees were carried aboard [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |||
The SKT-9 continued to be equipped on ships after the Human-Covenant War. A few Bumblebee lifepods were used to evacuate personnel from the ambushed UNSC fleet during the early stages of the [[Battle of Installation 07]].<ref>'''Halo Infinite'''</ref> | |||
==Known SKT-9 Bumblebees== | ==Known SKT-9 Bumblebees== | ||
* | *[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 19]] | ||
* | *[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]] | ||
* | *[[Kilo Tango Victor 17]] | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
*When the [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s | *The Bumblebee's front window is "breakable". If one uses explosives to propel a Warthog at the window at a high speed, the window will make a breaking sound but will still appear to be intact. | ||
*In ''[[Halo: Custom Edition]]'', Bumblebees | *There is some animosity between Bumblebee pilots and [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] pilots.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 32''</ref> | ||
*When the [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s escape pod launches in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', it still has its rear hatch open. This has been rectified in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''. | |||
*In ''[[Halo: Custom Edition]]'', Bumblebees have been modded into maps. They have closed rear hatches until someone pilots them, at which point the hatch opens. As Bungie only designed these for cutscenes it is likely to allow for the doors opening or closing during the final cutscene on ''The Pillar Of Autumn''. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:BumbleeLifeboat.png|Views of the Bumblebee without its air brakes and with air brakes deployed in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. | ||
File:HCEA- | File:Bumble bee life pod.gif|The Bumblebee design. | ||
File: | File:Lp-cutaway1.jpg|Bumblebee cutaway. | ||
File:AutumnDamagedCEA.png|Bumblebee | File:HCE-BumblebeeLifeboat-Views.png|Various previews of the Bumblebee in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. | ||
File:BumblebeeAnniversary.png|A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of Installation 04. | File:1207190798 Lp-airbrakes1.jpg|A Bumblebee deploying its air brakes and forward thrusters during atmospheric descent. | ||
File: | File:HCE SKT-9 Bumblebee Air Brakes.jpg|Another image of a Bumblebee deploying its air brakes. | ||
File: | File:Lifeboatcrash.JPG|A crashed Bumblebee, its reverse thrusters smoking from recent discharge. The lifeboat cut a sliding trench into the ground on impact. | ||
File:Lp-pilot1.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. | |||
File:HCEA-Bumblebee-EscapePod-Views.jpg|Concept art of the craft in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''. | |||
File:Bumblebee pilot - CEA.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. | |||
File:AutumnDamagedCEA.png|Bumblebee [[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]], ferrying the [[John-117|Master Chief]] escapes the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'' at the onset of the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. | |||
File:BumblebeeAnniversary.png|A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of [[Installation 04]]. | |||
File:HCEA-dmitry-popov-bumblebee.png|Extracted concept art of the craft in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. | |||
File:HTV-Emergence-Bumblee Pod.png|A Bumblebee in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' | |||
**''[[Emergence]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | [[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | ||
